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Abington township, Mercer County, IL

436 Population
36.6 square miles 11.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 44.5 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,709 ±$6,202 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $36,295 ±$1,506
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$70,156 ±$17,102 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $71,710 ±$3,328
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

2.1% ±2% (9  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mercer County: 7.9% † 1,217 (±1.8% / ±279)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.6 minutes ±4.2 (4,785  ±1,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 28.5 190,605 (±1.7 / ±14,591)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

201 ±47 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 6,413 ±217
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (436  ±106) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 15,455 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

24.1% ±19.6% (21  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Mercer County: 5.3% † 169 (±2% / ±65)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

233 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 7,279 ±42
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$103,900 ±$24,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mercer County: $139,300 ±$8,449
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

7.1% ±7.9% (30  ±34.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 7.6% † 1,177 (±1.6% / ±243.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.4% ±11.7% (296  ±70.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 93.3% 10,406 (±3.8% / ±431.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
23.7% ±11.9% (75  ±40.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 18.9% † 2,111 (±2.1% / ±230.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±1.3% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 1.1% 172
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9% ±6.1% (32  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.7% † 1,072 (±1% / ±126)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
32 Total veterans ±23 30 Male ±23 2 Female ±3

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